Penrhyn

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A language of Cook Islands

Alternate Names

Penrhynese

Mangarongaro, Tongareva

User Population

200 (2011 census).

Penrhyn.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic

None known. Almost intelligible with Rarotongan [rar].

Youngest speakers are young adults. The language is rapidly disappearing (Wurm 2007). Most shifting to English [eng]. Many shifting to Cook Islands Maori [rar].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 95% in Rarotongan [rar].

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Penrhyn

Latin script [Latn].

Christian.